Domestic Violence Mini-site
Parliamentary Questions
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much Government funding was available, for each of the last 3 years, to provide refuge places for women who have experienced domestic violence. [178813]
Ms Cooper: Revenue funding for refuge places is provided through the Supporting People initiative. Information is not readily available for 2002/03 prior to the introduction of Supporting People as funding was provided through a number of different revenue streams.
Supporting People funding is made available by ODPM for local authorities to provide housing related support services to vulnerable people. Priorities are set locally and the proportion of the funding spent on people vulnerable due to domestic violence is a decision taken locally. When funds are spent on those who are vulnerable due to domestic violence then this does not always take form of refuge based services. Housing related support can also be made available in other ways such as clients being visited in their own homes.
In 2003/4 £1,814,096,410 was made available and of this £57, 131,302 was spent on services for people vulnerable due to domestic violence.
In 2004/5 £1,804,997,000 was made available and of this local authorities are spending £56 ,964, 000 on services for people vulnerable due to domestic violence.
In addition, in April 2003 further measures were announced to support refuge provision through capital programmes over a 3 year period. In 2003/04 a total of £18.8 m funding was provided for refuge places and to improve existing, run down facilities for women who have experienced domestic violence through the Homelessness and Housing Directorate and Housing Corporation programmes. In 2004/05 and 3005.06, a total of £7.5m has been allocated for this purpose by the Homelessness and Housing Directorate and a total of £5.8m by the Housing Corporation.
Last update: Tuesday, October 17, 2006